Sivas Province

sights.uz lists 18 historic and notable places in Sivas Province, Turkey. Among them are 11 monuments, 4 eco-tourism sites and 3 museums.

Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital

Divriği Great Mosque and Hospital (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Cami ve Darüşşifası) was built in 1228–1229 by the local dynasty of the Mengujekids in the small Anatolian town of…

Kussara

Kussara (Kuššar) was a Middle Bronze Age kingdom in Anatolia. The kingdom, though apparently important at one time, is mostly remembered today as the origin of the dynasty that…

Gök Medrese

Gökmedrese or Gök Medrese (literally: "Blue Madrasah"), also known as Sahibiye Medresesi, is a 13th-century medrese, an Islamic educational institution, in the city of Sivas,…

Szamuha

Šamuḫa is an ancient Bronze Age settlement near the village of Kayalıpınar, Yıldızeli, c. 40 km west of Sivas, in the Sivas Province of Turkey. It was a city of the Hittites, a…

Sivas Mosque

The Great Mosque of Sivas (Turkish: Sivas Ulu Camii) is a historic mosque located in Sivas, Turkey. It was built in the 12th century and is the oldest surviving building in the…

Buruciye Medresesi

Buruciye Medrese or Buruciye Madrasah (Turkish: Buruciye Medresesi) is a former medrese, in Sivas, Turkey. It was built during the reign of Seljuk sultan Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev III…

Kuşaklı

Kuşaklı (also known as Šarišša, Kuşaklı-Sarissa) is an archaeological site in Turkey. During the ancient Hittite period, it was known as Sarissa. It is located 4 km (2+1⁄2 miles)…

Çifte Minareli Madrasa

Çifte Minareli Medrese (Turkish: Çifte Minareli Medrese), literally "Double Minaret Madrasah", is a former medrese located in Sivas, Turkey. It was built in 1271/72 and was…

Şifaiye Medrese

Şifaiye Medresesi is a medrese built in 1217 in Sivas, Turkey. It bears typical Seljuk features and was built by the Rûm Seljuk Sultan Kaykaus I, who was known for his fondness…

Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum

Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum is a museum in Sivas, Turkey.

Archaeological museum Sivas

The Sivas Archaeological Museum was built in 1914 by Governor Ahmed Muammer Bey as the Mekteb-i Industrial Imalathan. It began serving as a museum in 1983. The museum, the…

Şarkışla Ulu Mosque

The Ulu Masjid of Şarkışla (or "The Great Mosque of Şarkışla") is a mosque in the Şarkışla district of Sivas province, Turkey. It was built in 1669 by Mehmet Ağa of Üsküdar.

Lake Gökpınar

Gökpınar Lake, located 10 kilometres from the district centre of Gürün in Sivas, is a lake formed over many years as a result of alluvial deposition. The lake's area is 3000…

Lake Hafik

Hafik Lake, Büyük Lake or Koçhisar Lake, a small karst lake located north of the district of Hafik, belonging to Sivas in the Central Anatolia Region. It is 1100 m long, 1000 m…

Aşık Veysel Museum

Ashik Veysel Museum, in Turkey, in Sivas, in the village of Sivrialan of Şarkışla district, is the home of the famous folk bard Ashik Veysel arranged as a museum.

Havuz-Aslantaş

Havuz-Aslantaş (Havuz Village), a Late Hittite period settlement located within the boundaries of the village of Havuz in the Kangal district of Sivas.

Tödürge Lake

Tödürge Lake, located in Sivas, is a naturally formed lake. The lake is between the districts of Hafik and Zara. It is situated 17 km east of Hafik and 12 km west of Zara. It is…

Kızılçan Lake

Red Lake or Canova Lake is a karst valley type lake in the Canova Lakes region of Sivas, Zara, Sivas. Red Lake is located 20 km from Zara, 55 km from Sivas, 4 km south of the…